"as [you've] informed us that respect chills love, it is natural to conclude that all your pretty flights arise from your pampered sensibility; and that, vain of this fancied preeminence of organs, you foster every emotion till the fumes, mounting to your brain, dispel the sober suggestions of reason. It is not in this view surprising that when you should argue you become impassioned, and that reflection inflames your imagination instead of enlightening your understanding." - Mary Wollstonecraft

There is a Saint somewhere who practiced Mystical Conception of Jesus in the Heart.

So....?

No name of alleged saint and no explanation of whatever the heck "Mystical Conception of Jesus in the Heart" is. The name sounds foreign to Orthodox terminology. Maybe you would like to explain it so that we can know what you want to talk about.

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I would suggest most persons in general avoid any question beginning with why.

There is a Saint somewhere who practiced Mystical Conception of Jesus in the Heart.

So....?

No name of alleged saint and no explanation of whatever the heck "Mystical Conception of Jesus in the Heart" is. The name sounds foreign to Orthodox terminology. Maybe you would like to explain it so that we can know what you want to talk about.

Well, I can see why the "Ask Jesus into your heart" is being rejected.

Again, we are hampered by the fact that we cannot get into your head to understand your context. We are left only with a couple cryptic sentences. They appear to be in English, but if you do not provide explanations and context and all that, I'm going to need some kind of Rosetta Stone to understand what you're talking about, I'm afraid.

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If you spend long enough on this forum, you'll come away with all sorts of weird, untrue ideas of Orthodox Christianity.

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I would suggest most persons in general avoid any question beginning with why.

Again, we are hampered by the fact that we cannot get into your head to understand your context.

This.

WPM, many of your posts seem to be this way, where you say something as though everyone understands what you are talking about, when we really don't. I'm not saying this to be a jerk or judge you. In fact it makes perfect sense to me that some people would relate to others that way. I'm just saying that we need more.

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"as [you've] informed us that respect chills love, it is natural to conclude that all your pretty flights arise from your pampered sensibility; and that, vain of this fancied preeminence of organs, you foster every emotion till the fumes, mounting to your brain, dispel the sober suggestions of reason. It is not in this view surprising that when you should argue you become impassioned, and that reflection inflames your imagination instead of enlightening your understanding." - Mary Wollstonecraft

Again, we are hampered by the fact that we cannot get into your head to understand your context.

This.

WPM, many of your posts seem to be this way, where you say something as though everyone understands what you are talking about, when we really don't. I'm not saying this to be a jerk or judge you. In fact it makes perfect sense to me that some people would relate to others that way. I'm just saying that we need more.

There is a Saint somewhere who practiced Mystical Conception of Jesus in the Heart.

Here is what comes to mind when I read that in the OP:

- What saint? Does he want us to tell him the name? Is this thread about finding out who this saint is?

- What is this "Mystical Conception" thing? Is that what this is about? Why didn't he explain it? Am I supposed to know already?

- Is this an Orthodox thing or not? It's not in faith issues, but rather religious topics. What exactly is it all about, eh?

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"as [you've] informed us that respect chills love, it is natural to conclude that all your pretty flights arise from your pampered sensibility; and that, vain of this fancied preeminence of organs, you foster every emotion till the fumes, mounting to your brain, dispel the sober suggestions of reason. It is not in this view surprising that when you should argue you become impassioned, and that reflection inflames your imagination instead of enlightening your understanding." - Mary Wollstonecraft

WPM, when I read the subject "mystical concpetion of Jesus in the heart" I thought it meant conception as in conceiving a child. But conception can also relate to concept. Were you referring to the latter?

Yes, I see a correlation between the Jesus Prayer and the Protestants wanting people to "ask Jesus into their hearts." There is a difference, however, in that most of that type of Protestants, I gather, see this as a one-time thing and would look down on the Jesus Prayer as being "vain repetition." True, it can be done in vain, but calling upon the Lord with humility and faith is never in vain, and God never tires of the soul that trusts in Him.

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If you spend long enough on this forum, you'll come away with all sorts of weird, untrue ideas of Orthodox Christianity.

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I would suggest most persons in general avoid any question beginning with why.

A summation would have sufficed--though you've now given us enough bread crumbs that we found the way

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"as [you've] informed us that respect chills love, it is natural to conclude that all your pretty flights arise from your pampered sensibility; and that, vain of this fancied preeminence of organs, you foster every emotion till the fumes, mounting to your brain, dispel the sober suggestions of reason. It is not in this view surprising that when you should argue you become impassioned, and that reflection inflames your imagination instead of enlightening your understanding." - Mary Wollstonecraft

"as [you've] informed us that respect chills love, it is natural to conclude that all your pretty flights arise from your pampered sensibility; and that, vain of this fancied preeminence of organs, you foster every emotion till the fumes, mounting to your brain, dispel the sober suggestions of reason. It is not in this view surprising that when you should argue you become impassioned, and that reflection inflames your imagination instead of enlightening your understanding." - Mary Wollstonecraft

Yes, I'm aware of your DIY/Cafeteria/loner approach, you don't have to defend it to me.

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"as [you've] informed us that respect chills love, it is natural to conclude that all your pretty flights arise from your pampered sensibility; and that, vain of this fancied preeminence of organs, you foster every emotion till the fumes, mounting to your brain, dispel the sober suggestions of reason. It is not in this view surprising that when you should argue you become impassioned, and that reflection inflames your imagination instead of enlightening your understanding." - Mary Wollstonecraft